The front, the back, and look closely
On the surface, the cover is plain on the front. A stamp. An address. A postmark. It is often … frustrating when someone is actually looking at my collection and they see just that plain ....
Tag: Coast Guard
The USS Joseph T. Dickman and the USCG
One of the latest additions to my postal history of the Coast Guard collection is the depicted cover mailed by a sailor on the USS Joseph T. Dickman, APA-13. Before the Joseph T. Dickman The ....
USCGC Red Cedar and its philatelic history
The Coast Guard Cutter Red Cedar entered my life in 1988. I stepped out of boot camp in Cape May, N.J., and reported ten days later. US Coast Guard Cutter Red Cedar (WLM 688). The ....
My education journey of a different sort
High school education. Wow. What a memory. I sucked at high school. Kind of funny that I teach it today. I was an average student. I made good grades in English and history because I ....